Our management team has noticed the increased importance and influence of visuals in helping to increase a Brand’s visibility online. It’s easy to see why images, visuals and photographs are influential, given that more than 55 million photos are posted onto Instagram alone daily.

People connect on an instant emotional level with images, and making content more visually appealing to readers by adding videos and images raises the reader engagement online as well as boosting the social media ‘share-ability’ factor of a press release.

According to recent research, a combination of photos, videos and multimedia content can increase the reach of a news item online by up to 970%.

It’s also been proven that the addition of images and video makes it easier to share and like on social media platforms for readers, and also highlights their ability to pass on useful, engaging, funny, and unique content to their networks. Quite simply, visuals enhance the story content immediately.

* Pinterest drives sales directly from its website: of people with Pinterest accounts, 21% have purchased an item after seeing it on Pinterest. (Source: PriceGrabber) Tweet this Stat!

* 85% of the overall US internet audience watches videos online. The 25-34 age group watches the most online videos, with adult males spending 40% more time watching videos on the internet compared to females (Source: comScore and Nielsen) Tweet this Stat!

* 25 million smartphone users stream four hours of mobile video per month. 75% of smartphone users watch videos on their phones, of which 26% use video at least once per day. (Source: Ooyala and Ipsos) Tweet this Stat!

* Mobile video subscription is predicted to hit $16 billion in revenue by 2014, with over 500 million subscribers (Source: Ooyala) Tweet this Stat!

* Viewers are 85% more likely to purchase a product after watching a product video (Source: Internet Retailer) Tweet this Stat!